Improvement in hat-pouncing machines



F. R. 85 S. R GOING. Hat-Pounoing Machine.

No 196,218. Patented 01:1. 16, 1877.

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FRANCIS E. OING, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AND STEPHEN E. GOING,

E BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAT- Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 196,218, dated October 16,1877; application filed March 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, FRANCIS R. GOING, of .Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, and STEPHEN R. GOING, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improved Hat- Pouncing Machine, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to machines for poimcin g hats; and has for its object the production of a poinicing-machine adapted to operate and move the poimcing-surface substantially as a workman when pouncing a hat by hand will .operate it.

It is well iniderstood that the best pouncing is done by hand, the workman then giving the poimcing-surface a quick short reciprocating motion, holding the pouncing material against the hatbody with an elastic or yielding pressure.

. In ordinary pouncing-machines, operating uponthe hatbody, the latter isstretched over a block mounted upon a spindle having imparted to it a rapid rotation backward and forward.

In this class of machines the pouncing material held against the body, owing to the extent of the rotation of the block, is made to act against the body with a long strokea motion not like that imparted. by the hand of the operator in hand-work. These machines wear rapidly, owing to the great strain resulting from suddenly changing the rotary motion of the spindle carrying the hat-block.

A machine has been devised in which the hat-body was sustained upon a horn provided at top with either a flat or a roller-like surface. The hat-body placed thereon was acted upon by a pouncing-roller having a continuous rotation in one direction, and acting to grind the projecting fibers from the body. This roller, moving always in one direction, strained the hat-body and tended to stretch it out of shape.

In our improved pouncing-machine we employ a skeleton block, forming a substantially stationary support for the hat, and in connection therewith we employ a rapidly reciprocating or vibrating flexible belt or band, provided with pouncing material, it acting by its short quick reciprocations to felt and compact the body, and to rub and break off the projecting hairs. 7

()ur invention consists in the combination, with a rapidly-reciprocated elastic poinicinghand,of a skeleton block or support, to operate as hereinafter described.

We incline or so place the surface against which the hat-body rests when being pounced that one end thereof is lower than the other, whereby the hat-body is moved more when the pouncing tool or hand is moved in one direction than when the tool or hand moves in the opposite direction, which results, owing to this excess of motion in one over that in the other direction, in causing the hat-body to move gradually forward in one direction lmder the rapid reciprocations of the hand, no other feed being necessary.

Figure 1 represents, in side elevation, a hatpouncing machine, showing one embodiment of our invention; Fig. 2, a top view of the pouncing tool or hand and its operating devices; Fig. 3, a top view of the skeleton block or hat-supporting surface; Fig. 4, a detail of w the levers for raising or lowering the stationary hat-support; Fig. 5, a modification of the support, and Fig. 6 a second modification.

The frame a of the machine is made of suitable form to support the working parts. The shaft 1), operated by belt or treadle-power, is connected by belt 0 with a shaft, (1, having a crank-pin attached by link 6, (preferably forked, V

as shown at Fig. 2,) and connected with a slide, f. This slide, supported in suitable guideways m, is reciprocated rapidly by the other Over the rollers as the slide is reciprocated. This flexible belt or band we denominate the pouncing tool or hand/I and to it,

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1 1 1 byelamps @4101: their equivalents, is secured I 1 1 the strip of pouncing materialk sand papen 1 or other well-known pouneing material. This; 1

1 1 1 flexible band or belt is elastic, conforms readily 1 1 1 to the hat-body on. the :s pportingesurface: 1c, 1

1 and nearly approximates :the action of: the 1111- 1 man hand. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 he top: of

1 which reststhe h at body;-1-preicrably piece of 1 1 wood somewhat rmmded-; is 2 attached 1 to: the 1 1 1 top of a post or arm, 1, projecting upward from: 1 a lever, m, having its fulcrum at n; 1 This 16-- 1 vger is, tlngougl r the action of a suitable spring,

1 held pressed upward, so to force -the1hat- 1 1 body on theblockagai nst the pouncinghand;

1 1 As shcwninthe drawing,thissprin to so hold: up the levermay be amanged, as; o, to press 1 upwardthc end of a trcadle,ip, adapted toop-.

V crate a second; treadle,q, oosln1iected with the I levergm byazlink, r, Any other form of sprin 1 maybe employed; to lift the free end of :the

1 trea(lle p-;-as,;ior instance, a spring, 1s,1connect-:

1 1 ingit with part of; the frame a above. A por- 1 1 tion of this spring is shown in I1i 4. 1 The1op-1 1 erator, byplacing his foot upon: treadiep, may

1 1 1 lower the: hat-support entirely away from the 1 1 flexible hand, or simply decrease the pressure :of the body against: the pouncing material; 1

1 1 i 1 ebloek or supporting-surface has attached 1 1 1 to it extensionpiecesz composed ;of; wires it, 1 pro ecting from .fasteningplates a, slotted 1 as 1 2 at 1to receive the heads of "screws or pins 1 1 projecting? from1the isirpportinto; such slot 1 1 1 The slots are made with. angular1cXtensions, t-oi 1 enable the; extension-piece to be; expanded or 1 contracted, to adapt it to the sizeof thehatthe: supporting surfaoe:, upon body being pounced. Auxiliary extensionpieccs 20, connected with plates y, adjustably connected with the support, as described with reference to plates u, extend downward below the support. 1

It will be noticed that a support provided with these curved extension-pieces t to forms a skeleton block which may be used to hold the hat-body while its side and tip are being pounced by the hand. This skeleton block permits the hat-body to be turned in the direction of the arrow 1, or horizontally in the direction of the pieces t. The face 70 of the support is so tipped or placed that one end is lower than the other. The hand is reciprocated in substantially a horizontal plane above the'support, and in contact with the hat-body thereon. To cause the hand to act as a feeding device to properly feed the hat-body over the support, we lower that end of the support in the direction it is desired the body to move.

As shown in Fig. 1, the left-hand end of the support is lowered. When so lowered the pouncing-surface on the hand, as it moves toward the left, engages and moves the hat-body with it, unless the latter is held by the operator. 1

The operator holds the hat, and only permits it to be so moved when, in his judgment, it is sufficiently pounced at each particular spot.

iarther as the hand is reciprocated in. one di1- 1 1 1 Erection thiUYWllfill the hand is reciprccatediir i 1 1 that thezhat-body is gradually fed orzmoved in zonedirectionw I1 1111 1 5b fineridges or 1 teeth, with I edges or 1 points ht.

1 grooved; 1 The support maybe provided'npcn 1 1 1 1 its forward end,1at. top, withsanchpaper, to as 1 1 1 sist :inpreventin g the backward movement of 1 1 1 thgluttebodyi: i1'iif z1z '1'1'1E 1 1 i 1 1 Each set of extensions t and w are made 1 1 snitable for two or three differentsized hat-1 1 1 1 stitnted, or one support, made detachable from the post l,'may be iusedfor several sizes; I i 1 1 hand or the belt orband maybezvaried, as may: i 1 1 1 1 p be thedeviees: for raising: or ioweringthe sup- 1 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 port, withoutdepartin from our'invention. 1 I i 1 1 1 1 As the hand moves toward the right, in the V 1, 1 leaeis face of the support, instead of downit: 1 The 1 hand and pouncingmaterial,reeiprocated rap 1 1idly,1and1arranged with reference tothe sup 1 1 1 port as described, act to move :the hat-body the opposite direction, the result of which is 1 The surface of the support if desired, grooved or serrated, so as to provide it with ciining in the direction the feed. This'will 1 assist in furtherpreventing the hat-body mov- I i i 1 in backward as far ioriwiu dwith the hand. 1 1 1 1 15 5 shows in ed e view a su sort 1 1 bodies. They may beeasily'removedfrom the 1 upport and cthcrs, iar ger or 1 smaller, be sub.

The mechanical details for reci iirocating the 1 1 1 1 i *As so far'described, the support for the body has been represented as substantially stationary during the time the body was being pounced. -If desired, however, this support may be pivoted upon the post 6, as shown in Fig. 6, and be rcciprocated through a link, a, connected with a cam or eccentric upon the shaft which carries or operates the crankpin for the slide f.

The extension-pieces are essential for the proper operation of the machine. They are expanded or contracted sufficiently to fill and keep the hat-body properly stretched or extended, so that the portion of such body upon the support 70 is kept taut. This support and its extension-pieces enables us to provide a cheap and light skeleton block as a substitute for the usual pouncing-block.

WVith this our machine we are enabled to pounce the entire hat-crown, tip, and brim.

'When pouncing hats upon machines as now commonly used in hat-factories, the crown and tip, stretched over a block, are first poimced in one machine, and then the body is removed from the block to another machine, when the brim is pounced.

The top of the supporting surface may be so tipped that it will bear against the belt or band at one side of its longitudinal center, or at one edge, with more force than at the other or opposite edge. Such construction will cause one edge of the poimcing material upon the hand or belt to engage the hat-body more strongly than the other edge, and the hat, held back somewhat by the operator, willibe moved less at the point where the pressure is least, and this unequal engagement of the hat-body will cause it to move over the support.

In Fig. 6 it is considered unnecessary to add the extensions t w, as they are suflieiently shown in Fig. 1.

We e1ain1 1. The support adapted to sustain the body and crown ,of the hat, and permit the move-. ment of the body over it, so as to present the tip or side crown uppermost, as described, in

combinationwith areciprocating elastic pouncing hand or tool to sustain the pouncing material to operate substantially as described.

2. A pouncing-tool composed of a reciprocating elastic band or belt, adapted to carry the pouncing material, in combination with a non rotating supportin g-surfaee for the hatbody, such surface being made lower at its end in the direction of the feed, to permit the pouncing-tool to feed the hat-body over the support,

names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS R. GOING. STEPHEN R. GOING. Witnesses for F. R. Goings signature:

G. W. GREGORY, i E. O. PERKINS. I Witnesses to S. R. Goings signature: M. G. IMIBAGH,

AUGUST BELL. 

